Wii

See also: wii

English

Etymology

Marketing coinage: homophone for we, with the two i characters supposed to represent two people, suggesting players gathering together.

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

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• IPA^(key): /wiː/
• Homophones: oui, we, wee; whee (wine–whine merger)
• Rhymes: -iː

Noun

Wii (plural Wiis)

1. (video games) A video game system released worldwide by Nintendo in 2006, noted for its unique motion-based control system.

Derived terms

• Mii
• Wiimote

Translations

video game console

• Arabic: وي (wy)
• French: Wii (fr) f
• German: Wii f
• Japanese: Wii (Wii), ウィー (Wī)
• Spanish: Wii m

Anagrams

• iwi

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• Wi, Wy
• wi, wii, wéin (Italian Walser)

Etymology

From Middle High German wīn, from Old High German wīn, from Proto-West Germanic *wīn, from Latin vīnum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /viː/

Noun

Wii m (plural Wii)

1. wine
   • 1902, Robert Walser, Der Teich:

     I will de ine cho und ech öppis z'Abed bringe. E chli Wi und Brot.

     I'll come in later and bring you something for supper. A little wine and bread.

   • 1978, Rolf Lyssey and Christa Maerker, Die Schweizermacher (transcript):

     Wän er am Morge chunt, chan ich äm doch sicher kchai Wii aabüte, sus dänkcht de no: Ah, Alkchoholikcherin…

     If he's coming n the morning, I surely can't offer him wine', otherwise he'll think: Aha, an alcoholic…

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wiː/
• Rhymes: -iː
• Hyphenation: Wii

Noun

Wii f (genitive Wii, plural Wiis)

1. (video games) Wii (home video game console)

Declension

Declension of Wii [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Wii	die	Wiis
genitive	einer	der	Wii	der	Wiis
dative	einer	der	Wii	den	Wiis
accusative	eine	die	Wii	die	Wiis

Further reading

• Wii on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de